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(No Model.)

J. M. VARNEY.

. COLLAR.

No. 277,088. Patented May 8,1883.

Ewe/72137? UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. VARNEY, OF LIN EVILLE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T AMOS W. FEATHER, OF SAME PLACE.

COLLAR,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277 088, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed December 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosEPH M. VARNEY, ofLineville, in the county of Wayne and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collars, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure'l is a perspective view ot'a collar; Fig. 2, an inside view of one end. Fig. 3 is the same opened.

My invention relates to means for holding collars and cravats in place, both while being adjusted and when on the neck, and holding the end of the tie down; and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter explained and claimed.

It is well known that the turn-down collars, which have been stiffly starched, and more particularly paper collars, which are made very stiff, are ditficult to hold in position as they are now constructed, and that it is also with ditficulty that the cravat is held in position on such collars, as they are liable to slip from the collar while being adjusted or work around the neck. To overcome these dit'ficulties is the object of my present invention.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents a turn-down collar, and B the band. The portion a of the collar is turned back and provided with a slit or opening, b, to receive the loop b, by which the point of the collar, when turned down, is held securely in position and the cravat secured between the fold of the collar and the collar-band. On theinside of the collar 1 also secure theloop O at each end, under which the cravat is passed before the collar is applied to the neck, and which prevents the cravat from escaping from its position while being adjusted or worn. On the under side of the band B, I also secure anotherloop, D, secured at each end, andthrough this loop the cravat isalso passed, whereby the band and collar are held in position to secure the greatest comfort to the wearer. j

I am aware that it is not broadly new to provide a collar with a loop or device to retain the cravat.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a collar, the band 13, provided with the tongue I), in combination with the roll or fold a, provided with the slit or opening b, as set forth.

JOSEPH M. VARNEY. Witnesses:

N. O. ELSON, J. J. WHITE. 

